Ogden Jane, Bennett Alice
University of Surrey, UK.
Health Psychol Open. 2015 Sep 29;2(2):2055102915605987. doi: 10.1177/2055102915605987. eCollection 2015 Jul.
Adults ( = 25) completed online free text boxes about their self-harming behaviour. Thematic analysis identified three dominant themes: 'managing the private self', 'managing the public self' and 'moving on'. Transcending these themes was the notion of thresholds of change. Self-harm enables people to manage both their private and public selves. When thresholds of change are surpassed, the public self communicates a need for help. Self-harm exists within a precarious balance of well-being and can be a form of self-care. Help seeking is instigated when this balance is disrupted and continued if it offers a better form of self-management than the individual's own self-harming behaviour.
25名成年人完成了关于他们自我伤害行为的在线自由文本框填写。主题分析确定了三个主要主题：“管理私密自我”、“管理公众自我”和“继续前行”。超越这些主题的是改变阈值的概念。自我伤害使人们能够管理他们的私密自我和公众自我。当超过改变阈值时，公众自我传达出寻求帮助的需求。自我伤害存在于幸福的不稳定平衡之中，并且可能是一种自我照顾的形式。当这种平衡被打破时就会促使人们寻求帮助，如果寻求帮助提供了比个人自身的自我伤害行为更好的自我管理形式，那么这种寻求帮助的行为就会持续下去。
